CVE-2026-68302

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Values that are\nstable across the pull (source and group address, the response MAC and\nnonce, the record count, the outer source MAC) are snapshotted; pointers\nthat are written through or read repeatedly are re-derived."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 9.8, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - AMT is a routable UDP tunnel (port 2268); all affected handlers run from amt_rcv(), the UDP encap receive callback, on packets from arbitrary remote hosts across the internet. No same-segment requirement exists.\nAC:L - The attacker chooses the packet sizes and fragmentation that make the skb non-linear or cloned, so the pskb_may_pull()/iptunnel_pull_header()/ip_mc_check_igmp() calls deterministically reallocate the skb head and strand the cached pointers; no race or uncontrollable state is involved.\nPR:N - AMT has no authentication: amt_request_handler() creates a tunnel for any source IP and returns the nonce/response MAC to the sender, so an unauthenticated remote host can complete the handshake and then reach the vulnerable update/report paths; gateway paths need only a spoofed relay source address.\nUI:N - Exploitation is entirely driven by inbound UDP packets processed in softirq context; no local user action or interaction is required on the target relay or gateway.\nS:U - The use-after-free corrupts kernel heap memory within the same kernel security authority; no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - Stale header pointers are read after the head is freed, so freed heap contents are consumed as source/group addresses and record counts, and are copied into the destination MAC of frames delivered up the stack, leaking reallocated kernel memory to the attacker; 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Values that are\nstable across the pull (source and group address, the response MAC and\nnonce, the record count, the outer source MAC) are snapshotted; pointers\nthat are written through or read repeatedly are re-derived."}], "id": "CVE-2026-68302", "lastModified": "2026-08-19T17:20:41.470", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 9.8, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "type": "Secondary"}]}, "published": "2026-08-10T13:20:19.810", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3656a79f94c471827a08f2cacce5f94ad5e52c24"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ff890f9c18dfbcf57e17199901d4fd1e4c174e"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7746d588d42a4ac0117b68ed8e9b22a9da53dfb7"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f48e3ddad8e97545b25788b8203b3a539df1621"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9005b221cb1f9c3c1a2ef656fb0e8fa80c0a187e"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca0e8b661957f777591efe874cd9d9a63619cd99"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

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